Beaten To Death

Background

Norwegian Oslo-based quintet Beaten To Death release their first album, "Xes And Strokes", consisting of 9 songs, 1 second of silence, and 18 min 36 sec gritty but strangely catchy grindcore!

Ultrafast drumming, ferocious guitars, snarling bass and intense vocals is the foundation of the B2D-sound. Add hauntingly beautiful harmonies and a brutal groove, and what you have is an energetic collection of death metal & grindcore you won’t be able to sit still to, no-matter what your taste in music happens to be!

Recorded 100 % live in studio over one weekend (with just the vocals added a few days later), this surely is a “what you see is what you get”-album!

Latest Beaten To Death News

Below is our complete Beaten To Death news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.

Norwegian grindcore squad Beaten To Death is currently writing material for a third as-yet-untitled studio album, tentatively due for release in late 2014.

The recordings for the follow-up to 2013’s “Dødsfest!” will start next month and it will be entirely recorded and mixed by the band at the Beaten To Death rehearsal room. Here’s what bassist Mika Martinussen had to say about this new album:

"Third time's a charm; Beaten To Death will record the follow-up to Dødsfest! in July, because - let's face it - we're not getting any younger, and ground-breaking records in the grindcore genre don't record and release themselves!

"As usual, the recording will take place over the course of a few days at the bands rehearsal space, and the recording and mixing will - for better or worse (almost certainly worse) - be taken care of by the band itself. Approximately one third of the songs needed to fill an album's worth of their trademark brew of catchy and brutal grind is already written, and it seems the band of brothers still have something to offer to those with an open mind, willing to lend an ear and join in on the fun.

"In the meantime, to endure the wait for new material, please feel free to enjoy this filmed-using-a-mounted-GoPro-excerpt from the bands recent gig with Melt-Banana in Oslo, featuring seven songs from both Xes And Strokes and Dødsfest!" More...

Titled "The Egg Thrower," the tune comes from the band’s second album "Dødsfest!," which is set for release on October 4th via Mas-Kina Recordings. Check out the track below. A teaser for the album is also available at this location.

Norwegian grindcore innovators Beaten To Death have set October 4th as the release date for their second album "Dødsfest!," coming out via Mas-Kina Recordings.

Here’s what drummer Christian "Bartender" Svendsen had to say about the recording process of the new album: "I think we gain more than we lose when we record live. It's far from perfect but it sounds ten times more authentic than your typical metal record."

Vocalist Anders Bakke complements, "The guitars sound like a shotgun marriage between The Troggs and Big Black, and oddly enough it blends perfectly with the brutality of the rhythm section, like warm poo with hard snow."

Meanwhile, the band has launched a brief YouTube teaser for the album, check it out below. The track listing is as follows:

Norwegian grindcore innovators Beaten to Death will unleash their sophomore studio album this autumn via Mas-Kina Recordings.

Entitled “Dødsfest!” the 12-track follow up to the band’s 2011 debut “Xes & Strokes” was recorded in total of six days at the band's rehearsal room. According to a press release, the album "continues to carry Beaten to Death’s incredibly irreverent edge, boasting a twisted blend of quirky, but captivating melodies with some abrasive and cranium-smashing brutality."

There's no editing, no quantizing, no triggering, no overdubs, no repitching, no retuning, no nothing. It’s all genuinely and 100% recorded live. “Dødsfest!” will be available as 12” LP featuring the full debut album on side B. Check out the full track listing and album cover below:

Norwegian grindcore act Beaten To Death has issued the following announcement about releasing a new live DVD:

"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Beaten To Death will release their entire concert at Rockefeller June 17th (supporting Killswitch Engage, as you may recall) on DVD! No editing, no nothing, this is the concert exactly as it was, warts and all."

"Beaten To Death at Rockefeller" is due out October 26th, 2012 and a teaser trailer is available below. The DVD will follow the band's last full-length album "Xes and Strokes" (released here). For more info on Beaten Death, check out the band's Facebook profile here. More...